by Hugh Conway Morris | Mar 26, 2026
Repairs to the Roof of a Welsh Manor House Traditional repair techniques to a national gem In this beautiful and very thoughtful project, the client also acted as main contractor for this dilapidated manor house in Monmouthshire, a stone’s throw from the River...
by Hugh Conway Morris | Mar 26, 2026
Salvaged Oak Bench Old and new materials combined to new life Returning to a long-standing client, Manifest were asked to take an old, very substantial piece of oak which had acted as a shelf, but was now redundant – and to form it into a new bench for the house...
by Hugh Conway Morris | Dec 29, 2025
Re-building a medieval oak frame after a house fire Traditional techniques and materials for a thatched cottage in Oxfordshire Manifest were contacted as specialist oak framers following a devastating house fire to the existing property, a medieval thatched cottage. ...
by Hugh Conway Morris | Mar 5, 2025
Professional Course in Traditional Hand Hewing On a February weekend, the Manifest Woodland Guild ran a professional course in hand-hewing – the ancient skill of converting a felled tree to a squared beam, using only axes. Set in the context of Dragon Wood, the...
